Big Country Blues Trailer

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

NYC: A Potpourri.

Well, Spring is in full force which means that the Hipster Hilarity that is Williamsburg is in full swing - but not how you'd think. They come out of the woodwork fully decked in the usual flannel, skinny jeans, boots and beards still abound. I had no idea that checking The Weather Channel was so uncool until I moved here. They even sunbathe in the full get-up. And I'll be damned if the people don't sweat. It's a mystery. We all know the secret isn't botox - not unless the green market started doing sessions in McCarren park (I might be onto something: Complementary shots of local wheat grass...with a chaser of brooklyn lager...) Anyway my 'hood has become quite the scene. A mix of Hasidic-curly-cues and too-cool-for-school-clashing-patterns. The streets are a veritable potpourri.

I must say, the Williamsburg bridge has become a welcome escape from city life, though. I can go for a run and look onto Manhattan from afar. From that distance the sprawling buildings look downright manageable. Then I run back, get harassed by young Orthodox Jewish boys (one kid tried to trip me the other day. I stopped dead, stared him in the eyes, pointed my finger, and said very menacingly, "rude." ...I'm such a badass...), and through the quaint streets of BK back to my waiting schedule of random.

As much as I talk smack about the mess that is my piecemeal living (this week was another medley of promos and tours), a lot of times I am beyond grateful for the random acts of work that make up my life. Friday was no exception. My day started with a mad-dash sprint for the overcrowded L train, followed by a face-plant/trample combo on the stairs to the NQR (turns out hipsters stop for no one when there's a train to catch. I was road kill.) Then there was the squeeze between violently closing train doors that led to a scolding by the conductor that I was "holding up the other passengers." But, the adventure ended with a lovely couple of British fifteen year old girls on a surprise Soho shopping tour.

They had no idea what to expect, but their excitement and giddy energy from getting their make-up done and from my pulling outfits that would look "stinkin' cute" on them (they cracked up from my "vaaary Amaaaarican" way of speaking) turned my day around faster than a NY minute. Say what you will about tourists, but generally hanging out with people that are on vacation is a fast-track to a pretty good mood.

Friday night I had a reading of a play that's in consideration for production this fall. It was a fabulous time spent with some friends. I got to read a fun part: an 18 year old, pregnant, poetry student, with the favorite half word, "Whatev". It was our first read and we sat around laughing and gasping as the play revealed itself to us. I hope that production comes to fruition, because if it was that fun for us on the first read, I can only imagine how much an audience would enjoy it. Then Saturday night brought another reading of a new play in which I was the forgotten character of....Stage Directions! I gave quite a thrilling read, you can imagine. ;)

This week brings the new and exciting task of continuing my Nutrition Fundamentals web classes (more pre-course work. Love!), and a staged reading of Stop Kiss with The PlayClub on Wednesday. Of course this is all mixed in with the usual promos and tours.